Monthly Roundup: July 2016

Writing:

This month was a bit slower than last month, mostly because I was utterly exhausted from launching. However, the first few days were a very intense spell of finishing up the Masquerade edit, concluding in my first all-nighter in . . . a long time. But I managed! Masquerade has now been structurally edited as well as line edited and will be coming out next March. Feels strange to finally be almost done with it after working on it off and on since 2013. I also wrote a bit of a short story, prepared for a job interview, and edited most of an issue for an art magazine. My monthly totals were around 15,903 words of fiction, 8780 words of non-fiction, for a total of 24,683 words.

Travel & Life:

I spent the very beginning of the month in Findhorn for a friend’s hen do, then on July 4th I flew down to London to go on Radio 2 with Simon Mayo to talk about False Hearts, which was exciting and terrifying. Later in the month I went down to Edinburgh for said job interview. I got the job and I’ll be starting and announcing it next week! My friend Erica was still out visiting, and she left from Edinburgh to go down south and see a few places before flying home from London.

Since then, we’ve been preparing to rent out our flat–packing away things, decluttering, doing some DIY. It’s currently being advertised, so if you know anyone looking for a 1 bedroom flat in Aberdeen, contact me directly!

Plans for Next Month:

Start the job! Finish a short story! Hopefully find someone to rent our flat and move down to Edinburgh! This is definitely a new chapter, but I’m excited. I’ve made wonderful friends in Aberdeen but have always loved Edinburgh.